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Alibaba, China’s e-commerce giant, operates online retail marketplaces, cloud computing services, and digital payment networks across Asia and beyond.

China’s tech ecosystem serves as a driving force behind the world’s second largest economy, influencing global digital markets.

China

Explore East Asia’s thriving tech hubs, global electronics producers, and fast-evolving digital platforms shaping cross-border innovation.

East Asia

AI Infrastructure

What guides machine-led insights? Uncover AI applications, language models, and decision-making systems transforming sectors worldwide.

Artificial Intelligence

How do firms boost efficiency? Assess cloud platforms, consulting solutions, and business intelligence tools powering corporate operations.

Cloud Solutions

What lies beyond familiar frontiers? Investigate emerging tech—like quantum computing and AI—transforming traditional sectors.

Deep Tech

Enterprise services is an over-arching term to describe an architecture combining engineering discipline and computer science to solve practical business problems. 

Enterprise Services

Foundation and Large Models

Faster cloud growth is being accompanied by mounting pressure on earnings and cash flow from AI infrastructure spending.

Alibaba’s cloud growth comes with a rising AI bill

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Sudo Lim

Xiaomi crafts affordable smartphones, wearables, and IoT devices, appealing to users who seek innovation, quality, and budget-friendly tech.

What sets the bar for convenience? Examine on-demand platforms, subscription models, and personalization transforming consumer expectations.

Consumer Economy

What powers tomorrow’s roads? Explore EV adoption, charging infrastructure, and battery advances sparking the shift toward sustainable transport.

Electric Vehicles

How is the way we move evolving? Explore developments in autonomous transportation, electric vehicles, and more efficient urban transit.

Mobility

What fits the world in your pocket? Track device innovation, OS ecosystems, and connectivity shaping smartphone usage.

Smartphones

How do goods and people flow worldwide? Examine transport networks, logistics innovations, and policies shaping global connectivity.

Transportation

The company’s handset business lost ground globally and in China, while its newer businesses grew to nearly a quarter of group revenue.

Xiaomi’s smartphone slump deepens as EVs shoulder more of the load

Geely, a Chinese automaker, integrates advanced engineering, EV tech, and international brand acquisitions to expand its global footprint.

Overseas growth and a shift toward higher-priced vehicles helped offset weaker domestic sales.

Geely’s core profit rises nearly half as exports cushion China sales decline

How do clicks replace aisles? Explore global marketplaces, payment solutions, and technology accelerating online retail’s growth.

E-commerce

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On-demand Services

Amazon leads e-commerce, streaming (Prime Video), and AWS cloud infrastructure, redefining retail, media, and data services.

Amazon

Flipkart, a prominent Indian e-commerce marketplace, hosts electronics, fashion, and home goods with fast shipping and easy returns.

Flipkart

Paytm, an Indian digital payments app, enables mobile transactions, bill payments, and financial products for millions of users.

Paytm

Reliance drives digital retail, telecommunication services, and entertainment offerings, shaping India’s consumer and connectivity environment.

Reliance

How does finance become frictionless? Examine digital banking, payment innovation, and lending platforms redefining financial access.

Fintech

What changes the way we shop? Review fresh inventory management, dark stores, and logistics driving door-to-door grocery services.

Grocery Delivery

How does credit flow online? Explore digital lending tools, alternative scoring, and services accelerating capital access.

Lending

An array of technology companies from different sectors have begun to partner with kirana stores.

In India, mom-and-pop stores are proving to be the holy grail for tech startups

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Avanish Tiwary

How do goods cross borders seamlessly? Examine warehousing tech, route optimization, and data analytics building efficient supply chains.

Logistics

Taobao, Tmall, and Cainao have co-launched a USD 143 million fund to support supply chains and logistics.

Coronavirus leads to delays in Alibaba e-commerce platforms' deliveries

Coronavirus leads to delays in Alibaba e-commerce platforms&#8217; deliveries

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Song Jingli

JD.com, a Chinese e-commerce leader, ensures trusted transactions, efficient logistics, and a wide product selection for online shoppers.

JD.com

How does dinner arrive at your door? Study platform partnerships, last-mile delivery, and culinary trends powering the takeaway economy.

Food Delivery

How do platforms deliver on immediacy? Analyze ride-hailing, instant deliveries, and gig models meeting consumer needs fast.

Business units of Alibaba and JD.com, as well as e-commerce start-up Meicai, have initiated temporary staff recruitment programmes.

E-commerce companies offer temporary jobs to thousands amid coronavirus outbreak

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SCMP

A merger could pose a significant threat to regional counterparts Lazada and Shopee.

Vietnam's largest e-commerce platforms Tiki and Sendo in merger talks: report

Vietnam&#8217;s largest e-commerce platforms Tiki and Sendo in merger talks: report

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Thu Huong Le

Taobao and other e-commerce platforms have recently focused on direct-to-consumer selling.

Alibaba to help struggling farmers sell produce online amid coronavirus epidemic

Wency Chen is a reporter KrASIA based in Beijing, covering tech innovations in&amp;beyond the Greater China Area. Previously, she studied at Columbia Journalism School and reported on art exhibits, New York public school systems, LGBTQ+ rights, and Asian immigrants. She is also an enthusiastic reader, a diehard fan of indie rock and spicy hot pot, as well as a to-be filmmaker (Let’s see). Follow her on Twitter: @ChenWQ45 Tips go to: wency@rwegrgdf5.eu.org

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SoftBank is a global tech investor fueling startups, telecommunications ventures, and AI-driven innovations across international markets.

SoftBank

FirstCry will use the money to expand its physical presence and compete with e-tailers such as Amazon India and Flipkart.

SoftBank invests USD 300 million in baby care company FirstCry

The new 1% tax will be implemented from April 2020.

India implements additional tax on businesses selling on e-commerce marketplaces

The company is executing its plans for omni-channel retail.

Indonesian e-commerce firm Blibli launches first cashless offline store

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Khamila Mulia

While it let go of 56 Indian employees, it also shut down one of Flipkart's fashion unit, Jabong last year.

Walmart India's laid-off employees write to US headquarters claiming unfair termination

Walmart India&#8217;s laid-off employees write to US headquarters claiming unfair termination

I cover Indian tech, startup, venture capital ecosystems for KrASIA.

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